St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-28
They Are Holding a Convention at Big
Stone City and Having Royal
Good Time.
Addresses Were Delivered Yesterday by
Col. Plummer, Maj. Edwards and
EX-G0v. Pierce.
A Hastings, Neb., Man Buries Stranger,
Thinking the Corpse is That
of His Son.
A Plucky Muscatine Girl Protects Her
Father From Assassination by an
Angry Neighbor.

Special to the Globe.
BIG STONE CITY, Dak., July 27.-The
third annual meeting of the Dakota
Press association opened this morning at
Simpson park, on the shores of Big
Stone lake, with very fair attendance
and was called to order by President
Davis, of the Huronite. Prayer was
offered by Rev. Arthur. Hon. Henry
Neill, of the Big Stone City Herald. de-
livered the address of welcome. which
was received with well merited ap-
plause and was responded to by j. c.
Adams, of the Day County Re
porter and Farmer. The presidents
address then followed and was
replete throughout with practical sug-
gestions of interest TO the fraternity.
Committees were then appointed with
instructions to report the following day
upon legal advertising, foreign adver-
tiSing, standing advertising and job
printing. Later on motion was offered
by Mai. Barrett, of the Aberdeen Re-
publican, for the appointment Of a COM
mittee of seven to take into cOnSidera-
ton the practicability of making this
point permanent meeting ground and
to ascertain what arrangements could
be made for procuring site
on the lake shore for the
use of the association. The motion
was unanimously adopted. MeSsrs.
Knapp and Bennett, proprletOrS of the
new summer resort, Enderly, have ten
dered free a very beautiful lake shore
site and the project will be considered
further tomorrow, The visiting editors
are so charmed with the beauties of Big
Stone lake that there is no doubt this
point will be chosen for
A PERMANENT MEETING PLACE.
This afternoon Col. ID. NJ. Evans, of
address upon the duty of the Dakota
press. Sam T. Glover, of the Dakota
Bell, read an interesting paper upon
"Our Public Instructor" Col. Plum
mer, of the Aberdeen Pioneer, was
called upon. and as the colonel is al
ways ready to talk to any kind of an au-
dience upon any subject, his speech was
full of interest throughout. sparkling all
through with a vein of rich humOr.
Mai. Edwards, of the Fargo Argus, was
next called upon and entertained the
convention i'll fifteen minute
speech. EX-Gov. Pierce, who
was elected a member of the association
was next called upon and spoke for over
half an hour on subject that has agl-
tated public opinion in Dakota for the
past few weeks, growing out of the ar
rest of Augustine Davis, editor of the
Huronite, by Judge Spencer for con-
tempt of court. The speaker criticized
Judge Spencer very severely and de-
nounced his action as an unwarranted
assumption of authority and said that
the editors have battle to fight unless
the doctrine enunciated by the judge is
renounced. Thursday will be devoted
to the discussion of various papers and
reports which will be presented. On
Friday an excursion will be taken up
the lake and in the evening the MEM
bers will go to MiIbank, where a recep-
ton and banquet will be rendered.